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D11999-9
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- 1941-10-09 (Creation)
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In October of 1941 seven unidentified employees of Heatlox Furnaces, 4320 South Tacoma Way, posed outside their office with a portable furnace designed by the company. The furnace was on its way to Alaska, where it would be used to heat the engines and cabins of grounded Pan American planes. The ducts on top connected to flexible tubes that carried 300 degree air to the airplane's motors and interiors enabling them to warm up in sub zero temperatures. Heatlox was owned and operated by Fred and Myrtle Langeland and D.H. Powers. The company manufactured commercial heating and air units. (T. Times 10-09-1941 p.8)
Furnaces--Tacoma--1940-1950; Heating & ventilation industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; HVAC systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Heatlox Furnaces, Inc. (Tacoma);